Makeup Artistry - Jess Brown

To be able to start recreating this hairstyle, we must first learn about where it came from. Ancient Rome began in the eighth century. It started from a small town in Italy near its central Tiber river. From this small town, it grew to cover most of Europe, Britain, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands and western Asia. (History, 2009). We mostly know Romans for their armies and wars, but did you know they built many roads and walls, that we now take for granted. They also built aqueducts to transport water to their cities. (Natgeokids, no date). They were quite the architects!   This particular hairstyle is from the Flavian Era of Ancient Rome, during “the reign of the Flavian emperors (Vespasian, AD 69–79; Titus, AD 79–81; Domitian, AD 81–96)” (Penelope.uchiago, no date).  At this time, wealthy women would style their hair “in increasingly higher layers of ringlets and then braided and coiled in the back.” (Penelope.uchiago, no date). Examples of this can be seen by looking at the

The first day back in university was fairly strange, with all the new regulations due to Covid-19. Making sure to stick to the one-way systems, sanitising our hands at the various sanitising stations and ensuring we had a mask and/or visor on at all times. It may take some time to get used to, but I’m very excited to be back.   The day started with our Period Hairdressing module, the first look being Roman hair from the Flavian era. Figure 1 - Roman Flavian Hair Statue (Falconbridge, A. 2011) To create this style, a wig frame had to be created. A wig frame is "an open-work frame for supporting a wig or hairpiece during such operations as permanent waving, setting, chemical treatment, dyeing and cleansing." (George, R.A. 1969).  Wig frames are very useful, as they can be used to add extra height to the hair that you wouldn't be able to achieve normally. They can be made into any shape which allows for a lot of creative freedom.  This was quite tricky to begin with, and wou